Man stabbed several times in San Marcos

A 20-year-old man was hospitalized in critical condition Monday after being stabbed in a possible gang fight that involved several people.

Deputies were called to the Rancho Vallecitos apartments on Nordahl Road near Montiel Road about 10:10 p.m. after reports that a man was being assaulted by four to five men, sheriff’s Detective Jeffrey Miller said.

When they arrived they found the victim barely conscious, incoherent and covered in blood, Miller said. He and had been stabbed and slashed multiple times in the upper torso.

Detectives followed a blood trail into the complex to an apartment where they found several people. Six adults, including one who had multiple cuts on his hands, were detained, the detective said.

The man was taken to Palomar Medical Center where he is listed in critical condition. Gang detectives are investigating.